"Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future" is the theme musicologist Olivia Mattis will discuss on Sunday, May 1, at 1 p.m., at 16th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Her keynote address is the centerpiece of the city-wide Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration, sponsored by the Memorial Committee for the Six Million Jewish Martyrs of the Jewish Community Relations Council of...
Federation's Women's Philanthropy affinity group has a brand new logo -- a globe encased by a free-formed heart. The group's president, Sara Minkoff, says that it "accurately represents who we are and what we do." She explains: "As women, we make a heart-to-heart connection to causes and organizations that we believe will impact the well-being of others. This paradigm of...
While juggling family, professional and personal commitments, many women have difficulty finding time to focus on what inspires them as Jewish individuals. With this in mind, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's "Women's Journey to Israel" earlier this month gave 14 multi-tasking women philanthropists the opportunity to deepen their passion for Israel while bonding with their Israeli sisters and each...
In South Philadelphia and the Great Northeast, Jewish Federation Real Estate has committed both dollars and manpower to ensure that Federation's fourth annual "Mitzvah Mania" day of community service is its most successful to date. JFRE chairman David Adelman said that he was "proud to announce that JFRE leadership was unanimous in deciding to direct funding for the exciting volunteer...
Sixty-eight-year-old Barry* lives in government-subsidized housing in the City Line Avenue section of Philadelphia. His mother, his only family, lives in a nursing home. Barry's small Social Security payments, combined with his $16 a month in food stamps and approximately $24-a-month pension, don't quite cover his basic living expenses each month, which include significant medical costs. Vacations are non-existent, and...
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